Smartwatches - Tizen and Fitbit merging into Wear

[ajprice]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/google-sam...

https://news.samsung.com/global/editorial-a-new-er...

Samsung and Google are getting together to merge Tizen into Wear OS, Google bought out Fitbit a while ago so Wear will get Fitbit tracking merged in too. Samsung will give 3 years support to Tizen OS as it is now.

No details or release dates yet other than the general team up announcement.

Edited by ajprice on Thursday 20th May 07:02

[otolith]

Merging into Titbit?

[alorotom]

This will be excellent for Wear - there's some great elements of each and combined they should provide a great platform and be a closer, true competitor to the Apple Watch and its dominance